Beginning Sounds Phonics Worksheets (m–r)
How the sounds work (Listen to the first sound): Look at the picture and say its name slowly: m… monkey. The first sound tells you the missing letter. q is almost always followed by u: queen, question.
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- 1.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) queen (b) nine (c) peach
- 2.Which picture starts like “nut”? (a) nine (b) monkey (c) mouse
- 3.Which picture starts like “olive”? (a) nine (b) run (c) ox
- 4.Which picture starts like “run”? (a) nail (b) pin (c) red
- 5.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) o (c) m
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) needle (b) pear (c) pig
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) octopus (b) monkey (c) mango
- 8.Which picture starts like “paint”? (a) mouse (b) potato (c) question
- 9.Which picture starts like “mouse”? (a) map (b) parrot (c) rocket
- 10.Which picture starts like “pin”? (a) mango (b) panda (c) robot
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) pig (b) net (c) queen
- 12.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) question (b) queen (c) nest
- 13.Which picture starts like “moon”? (a) nut (b) monkey (c) pear
- 14.🍚 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) n (c) r
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) nest (b) rocket (c) milk
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) map (b) popcorn (c) nine
- 17.Which word starts with the letter “p”? (a) question (b) panda (c) moon
- 18.❓ _uestion — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) o (c) q
- 19.👸 _ueen — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) m (c) o
- 20.🥅 _et — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) o
- 21.Which picture starts like “nose”? (a) monkey (b) nut (c) rocket
- 22.🐂 _x — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) p (c) o
- 23.Which picture starts like “ox”? (a) moon (b) nine (c) octopus
- 24.🍳 _an — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) o (c) q
- 25.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) ring (b) milk (c) nest
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) robot (c) popcorn
- 27.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) peach (b) olive (c) nest
- 28.Which picture starts like “parrot”? (a) octopus (b) pig (c) nest
- 29.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) mango (b) pear (c) nest
- 30.Which picture starts like “rat”? (a) nest (b) potato (c) rainbow
- 31.📌 _in — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) m (c) p
- 32.🪡 _eedle — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) n
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “o”? (a) monkey (b) olive (c) robot
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “m”? (a) map (b) ring (c) parrot
- 35.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) moon
- 36.🐰 _abbit — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) o (c) r
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) queen (b) road (c) olive
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) olive (b) nose (c) peach
- 39.Which picture starts like “pig”? (a) run (b) parrot (c) rain
- 40.Which picture starts like “octopus”? (a) mango (b) needle (c) ox
Answer key
- queen
- nine
- ox
- red
- o
- needle
- octopus
- potato
- map
- panda
- net
- nest
- monkey
- r
- rocket
- nine
- panda
- q
- q
- n
- nut
- o
- octopus
- p
- milk
- question
- olive
- pig
- nest
- rainbow
- p
- n
- olive
- map
- rat
- r
- road
- nose
- parrot
- ox
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